Grammar Gazette - Issue 1, 2024

DR PAULA JOHNSON LATIN/HUMANITIES TEACHER

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A NCIENT LESSONS LATIN AND THE ROMAN WORLD STUDY TOUR O

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ver the April holidays, a group of 19 students from Years 10 to 12 and three teachers—Dr

At our first stop, Venice, the group visited the historical Piazza San Marco and enjoyed an extensive tour of the Doge’s Palace. We also visited the magnificent St Mark’s Basilica, believed to be the final resting place of Mark the Evangelist, where girls noted the Middle-Byzantine, Romanesque, and Islamic influences on the style and architecture. We then travelled south to Ravenna, the capital city of the Western Roman Empire during parts of the 5th century, home of outstanding mosaics in some of the oldest Christian churches in the world. Here, the girls visited several UNESCO World Heritage sites, including the Basilica of San Vitale, the Galla Placida Mausoleum, the Arian Baptistry, the Basilica of Saint Apollinare Nuovo, the Chapel St Andrew, and the Neonian Baptistry. We also detoured to see the memorial for Dante.

Paula Johnson, Ms Jo Genders, and Mr Shane Skillen—visited Italy to study and explore places of significance in Western culture, from ancient societies through to the Renaissance. The two-week tour was designed primarily for the enrichment and extension of students studying Latin and Ancient History, but was also open to girls with a broader interest in history. Each student was provided with a custom-made study journal complete with scaffolded Latin translation tasks, analysis exercises, and opportunities to reflect on their experiences, interspersed with high-quality sketching paper so that they could make visual records of what they observed. It is hoped these journals will become cherished artefacts of their deep intellectual engagement on this tour.

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GAZETTE • ISSUE 1, 2024 ISSUE 1, 2024

BRISBANE GIRLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL